The downfall of Richard Baumgartner

Former Knox County Criminal Court judge Richard Baumgartner arrives for sentencing before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie Greer in Greeneville on Wedesday, April 10, 2013, for his conviction on five counts of misprision of a felony. ( J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )

In this Mar. 10, 2011 photo, Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner leaves Knox County Criminal Court after pleading guilty to official misconduct charges. Baumgartner received a two-year suspended sentence, was placed on judicial diversion and resigned effective immediately from his elected post. (Michael Patrick/News Sentinel)

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Former Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner arrives for jury selection for his trial Tuesday at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Federal Courthouse. Baumgartner is charged with seven counts of concealing a felony for allegedly lying to cover up a drug conspiracy involving his pill-supplier and mistress Deena Castleman. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL)

Former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, accompanied by his attorney Donald A. Bosch, arrives for a hearing Thursday at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Federal Courthouse. Defense attorneys filed a motion seeking to have Baumgartner's trial pushed back from its scheduled July 18 start. Baumgartner faces seven counts of misprision of a felony. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL)

Former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner poses with Katy Biggs. Biggs is holding her certificate of graduation and a golden cup that she received for having 100 drug free tests over the course of the program. She was the 100th graduate of the Knox County Drug Court program. Three years later, Biggs is in jail and is charged with aggravated robbery. (J. MILES CARY/KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL)

Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner warns attorneys about entering what he refered to as "too many photographs" into evidence during the trial of William Norman Johnson. Johnson, 44, is being tried this week in 's courtroom in the October 2008 shooting death of mall store clerk Ahmed Nahl, 29. He was in court Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 facing charges that include the first-degree murder of Nahl, the especially aggravated kidnapping of customer Harold Wimbley and the attempted murders of two Knoxville Police Department officers in a resulting shoot-out.

Defense attorney Wesley D. Stone, left, raises an issue with Knox County Criminal Court before Judge Richard Baumgartner Tuesday afternoon. Paul Jerome Johnson Jr., stands trial in Knox County Criminal Court before Judge Richard Baumgartner on felony murder charges in the July 2008 death of Joseph 'Jo-Jo' De'Jon Manning Jr. At one time the mother of the baby, Aja McBayne, was accused of the murder.

Judge Richard Baumgartner, right, stepped into his courtroom Thursday morning to inform defense attorney Ted Lavit, left, and Prosecutor Leland Price, center, that the jury had arrived at the court house and had started deliberating.

Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner holding a copy of a redacted immunity agreement for Vanessa Coleman addresses the defense and prosecution before the start of court Monday afternoon.

Knox County Judge Richard Baumgartner goes over the mitigating and aggravating circumstances that he considered in sentencing Convicted killer Letalvis Cobbins Thursday.

Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner holds a verdict form as he finishes reading the jury instructions on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The five-woman, seven-man jury must decide if Lemaricus Davidson will receive the death penalty. Davidson was convicted on all murder counts in the January 2007 deaths of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.